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I pride myself in attending local and statewide seminars to stay current with the latest techniques, and treatment planning....more

I pride myself in attending local and statewide seminars to stay current with the latest techniques, and treatment planning.

More about Dr. M. Ravi Shankar

Dr. M. Ravi Shankar is an experienced Ayurveda in HAL, Bangalore. He has been a successful Ayurveda for the last 19 years. He has completed Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery (BAMS), MD . He is currently practising at AyurCentral in HAL, Bangalore. Save your time and book an appointment online with Dr. M. Ravi Shankar on Lybrate.com.

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Healthy balanced diet along with healthy life style and proper rest are the keys of good health. Start eating small frequent energy dense meals instead of 3 large meal. Small meals are easy to digest and keep digestive system running. You can eat small portion of any thing in difference of 2-3 hours like 1 small stuffed paranthas with curd\ whole eggs\spoon full of desi ghee in dal or with roti, paneer, nuts, sprouts, pulses, chicken etc
have shakes of fruits with added nuts
drink atleast 8-10 glasses of water.
Eat all seasonal fruits and vegetables.
Quit smoking or drinking if any
Manage stress
do some moderate intensity exercises for 30 minutes daily.
Have positive body image appreciate your self
Take sound sleep of 7-9 hour keep your self motivated as it not going to happen overnight.
Consult me online for better results.

Hi lybrate-user.
Hair goes gray when color-producing cells stop producing pigment, melanin.
Reasons:-
1. Grey hair is usually associated with ageing, but this is not always the case.
2. Early greying of the hair is basically hereditary, and we can inherit it from one of our parents or grandparents.
3. Malnutrition, worry, shock, deep sorrow, tension and other similar conditions may also slow down the production of melanin resulting in grey hair.
Medication:-
1. Massage your hairs with brihat bringaraja taila everyday atleast for 15 mins.
2. Apply hair mask amla powder along with bhringaraja powder mixing with buttermilk weekly twice.
3. Nourishment and proper grooming is very important to keep the hair texture, growth, shin and luster in a good condition. Therefore use a shampoo & conditioner that suits your hair type. Choose products that are gentle, preferably without any harsh detergent like sodium lauryl sulfate. For daily washes, use a shampoo that is mild, gentle & moisturizing.

Swallowing air is the most common reason for flatus. Try to give breast milk in sitting posture and do burping before you put on bed. If you are giving bottle feed, try to give with spoon. It solves your problem. Consult your pediatrician for learning art of burping.

This is good for daily monitoring only and not for diagnosis. Diabetes affects all organs in the body – Eyes, kidneys, nerves, reproductive system all are affected, In fact, from toe to hair. For diabetic control, patient and doctor should be in constant touch for regular follow up and advice. The common symptoms are :-Both types of diabetes have some of the same tell-tale warning signs.
Hunger and fatigue. Your body converts the food you eat into glucose that your cells use for energy. But your cells need insulin to bring the glucose in.
If your body doesn't make enough or any insulin, or if your cells resist the insulin your body makes, the glucose can't get into them and you have no energy. This can make you more hungry and tired than usual. Urinating more often and being thirstier. The average person usually has to pee between four and seven times in 24 hours, but people with diabetes may go a lot more.
Dry mouth and itchy skin. Because your body is using fluids to make pee, there's less moisture for other things. You could get dehydrated, and your mouth may feel dry. Dry skin can make you itchy.
Blurred vision. Changing fluid levels in your body could make the lenses in your eyes swell up. They change shape and lose their ability to focus.
Diabetes, often referred to by doctors as diabetes mellitus, describes a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body's cells do not respond properly to insulin, or both. It is a difficult task to control blood sugar in the desired normal range. Whatever we eat is metabolised to sugar in the body to provide energy for our daily activities. For the absolute control, one has to monitor his / her blood sugar at regular intervals (Self-Monitoring of Blood glucose – SMBG). Though difficult, this can be done by a glucometer and keep a record.
Get an idea of Fasting sugar (FBS) and 2 hours after food (PPBS), & HbA1C (inform me) and check before dinner and after every major food. The basic idea is to reduce the food intake to 1/3 of what you take now. The dictum of sugar control is diet, exercise, diet + medicine and at later stage medicine+ Insulin will be needed. There are different diet plans of varying calories for each person depending on his activity & life style.
For diabetes, hypertension (high BP) and many long-term illness control there is the need for regular advice and follow up. Just one time consultation or advice is not enough to guide a diabetic in scientifically & medically correct manner. For giving you regular follow up you ask me with all details like your daily eating pattern and medicines you take. I assure you a proper guidance. If you keep in touch personally. By consulting on this site.

No need to go for a medicine to increase weight you can do that naturally by taking proper diet, but you have to be little patient because gaining weight can take time. Include shakes and fruits in your diet. Start taking combination breakfast like proteins and carbohydrates. Do not skip your meals, have small and frequent meals. Choose options like boiled eggs, multi grain flour chapatis, soya nad its products, paneer etc.

Hi, good noon, its right time to share your reports if consulted or still didn't consulted do it on priority basis n get your sonography done of abdomen n pelvis, Dr. May share you to screen for thyroid test too.
Till then have tab vasa/kutaj ghana by chaitnya pharma
1 tab before food twice a day for 5-7 days,
share feedback.

Women, who have been thinking that cardiac diseases are something that doesn’t need much attention, then you have tragically mistaken. As a matter of fact, these are the diseases which most women aren’t too aware of. However, it is affecting a lot of women all over the world. The most common issue in cardiology, particularly among women is a heart attack. The first thing that we should know is that Cardiovascular diseases like heart attack are killing as many women as men.

Almost more than 25,000 women are dying all over India every year from a heart attack or other coronary heart diseases. The ratio results show that women are suffering from heart attack three times more than that of breast cancer. The main reason that creates this higher toll is that the disease may be different in women. However, in the case of men, it stays more localised. In the case of women, the disease is diffused and spread out, but it can be treated.

You cannot seek immunity only through pills:
We should be aware of the fact that pills will help you to curb the chance of having a heart attack, but again doctors claim that the risk does hike quite significantly after the menopause in women. The pills in such case can create various side effects and eventually trigger more cardiac diseases. The formation of clots in blood are created by different kinds of hormonal contraception, which is the main reason for a potential heart attack in women.

Heart attack symptoms in women:
We all know that the classic heart attack symptoms include severe pressure on the chest and extreme chest pain. However, these symptoms can be quite subtle in case of women. So, here we are listing down 4 of the most common symptoms of heart attack for women and those are:

If you experience any one of these symptoms even, make sure that you go for a check immediately. Take quicker action as each minute that goes on during a heart attack is creating the death of a heart muscle.

Smoking doubles the risk of a heart attack in women
According to experts in cardiology, the most important fact that triggers a heart attack in women is smoking, which increases the blood pressure and causes the blood to pile up in your blood vessels, reducing the good HDL cholesterol which clots the blood and eventually results in a heart attack.

You must be wondering about the favourable chances of having a heart attack for women. The fifth and final thing to know about a heart attack is that women who are weighing thirty pounds or more have more chances of heart attack. If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult a Cardiologist.

﻿Dear you can follow these methods for relief from Backache(back pain):
* First correct your sitting posture. Do not bend your lower back.You can use lumber belt for support.
* Do regular back strength exercises.Move your clockwise and anticlock wise.
* Do not sleep on very soft bed ,sleep on slight hard cotton mattress.
* Do Tadasana and Bhjangasana for back strengthening.If you can not understand these asans you can consult me.
* Take calcium rich diet and calcium and vitamin D supplements regularly.
*Do not Take any heavy weight or heavy work.
* If you are over weight then follow a good and effective diet plan to loose some kilos of weight. You can consult me to get a diet chart.
* You can take Guggalu tablets of Himalaya for fast relief.
You can consult me privately for detailed and complete treatment.

Dear Lybrate user it seems to be you are suffering from constipation. Stop eating heavy foods, spicy foods, maida flour made foods. Drink 10-12 glasses water daily. Take fruit juices and soups. Practice some exercise which help digestion.
Take Hingvastaka choorna 1-1-1tsp B/m for 10 days.
Tab laxomed daily at bed time for 10 days. Use warm water regularly.

Hello,
dear patient, please explain what kind of skin disease you have, give symptoms because we prescribe medicine according to your symptoms.
Homoeopathy gives permanent relief in most of the skin diseases.
Now you can take blood purifier r 60, 15 drops with warm water twice daily.

Dear lybrate-user,
Please get your mother investigated with Stress thallium perfusion scanning. This evaluated the functional status of heart and therefore circulation. Taking strong medication like you have mentioned can have arthritis as side effect. This too needs re-evaluation. Regards.

Hi lybrate-user,
hair fall/loss can be due to variety of causes. However, many of them can be controlled and dealt with. Most common cause is nutrient deficiency which can be rectified my oral medications and supplements. There are medicines available for local application which are also known to give significant results. Treatments like mesotherapy, microneedilling and prp show significant long term effects.
Coming to weight loss, loosing 2-3 kg in a month is considered a healthy weight loss. There are two pillars for weight loss. Diet and exercise. Thought right diet can control further weight gain and assure overall health, exercise is must for weight reduction. 30 mins walk (to start with), with well balanced diet (depending on you heath condition) can lead to gradual and healthy weight loss. I would be happy to help you.

Continue medicines, reasons for blockages in heart or brain or in rest of the body are same and it's called plaque, starts with inflammation within blood vessels due to wrong eating habits. Non veg food can be taken in little amounts but only if steamed or grilled, no animal fats soaking in it, but masala like black pepper and chat masala are okay. Reduce her salt despite bp under control. Take lemon juice and honey added to it on empty stomach every morning. Besides reducing weight it helps to protect heart and blood vessels. Give her lots of seasonal vegetables and fruits plus eating according to constitution. Take more proteins like milk and curds. All of the supplements for proteins which she likes. Walking is simple exercise that helps you to reduce sugar and lipids and clear blood vessels of blockages. Stay positive. Stay occupied.